Tag Archives: river

Eno River Poetry Festival

Posted on 2023-07-24 by Bartholomew Barker

On Saturday, August 5th, at the Main Branch of the Orange County Library in charming downtown Hillsborough, NC, I’ll be participating in the first ever Eno River Poetry Festival. It starts at 1pm and I’ll be performing in that afternoon … Continue reading →

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A Young Poet in Lytle Creek

Posted on 2023-04-05 by Bartholomew Barker

Wearing hip waders for the first and only time, I walked in Lytle Creek. I’d been in before by falling but this was intentional. My best friend and I carried fishing poles. We didn’t catch anything. I don’t even remember … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Return

Posted on 2022-08-19 by Bartholomew Barker

I am a river in droughtsmooth stones naked in the sununtil your rain

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Pen and Paddle

Posted on 2016-11-03 by Bartholomew Barker

This past Saturday my friend, fellow poet and co-organizer of Living Poetry, Tara Lynne Groth, hosted a Pen & Paddle on the Haw River in Alamance County, North Carolina. There were four writers who put kayak in water and paddled … Continue reading →

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